Happy 80th Birthday Card

 I was recently asked to create an 80th birthday card for a woman's grandmother.  All I was told was that she liked red roses or dogs.  Well all the dog stamps I have are on the cute side and I wanted to make something more elegant and refined for this woman.  Here is what I created:

I LOVE how it turned out.  I started by looking thru all my rose dies and stamps.  I came across this Altenew's Antique Rose die set and knew it was the one!  I searched my stash for 4 shades of red cardstock to create the roses, and three shades of green cardstock to create the leaves.  The roses turned out Gorgeous!

Once they were all created, I had no idea what I was going to do next.  I loved the idea of the three roses being together on the card, so I ended up creating a 5 x 7 card base.  I normally never make cards this size, but needed the extra room to create the design I wanted. 

I took some mirrored gold paper and cut one mat which was centered on the card base.  For the background paper I found this lovely printed paper.  It is really hard to see in the photo, but it has small gold handwriting all over it.  

I laid out the leaves and roses and then glued them down.  The only thing else it needed was a sentiment.  She wanted it to say "Happy 80th Birthday Grandma"  Well I didn't have a stamp that said Grandma, so I just went with Happy 80th Birthday, which I heat embossed using gold embossing powder.  It was cut out and popped up with foam squares.  It finished off the card perfectly.  I hope she likes it!

Thanks for stopping by and Keep on Crafting!

Jeanne

Open House "Hello" Card

Today I am really thrilled to create this card using products from the new "Open House" collection from Spellbinders.  

I created this 5 x7" card starting with a black card base.  I cut a piece of very pale grey 4.75 x 6.75 inches.  I wanted this to appear as a brick house so using the Hefty Doodle brick by brick stencil,  along with Weathered Wood Distressed Ink I stenciled this piece using a foam dauber.  A piece of plain  pale grey paper was placed across the bottom of my card to represent the porch.  Next I set out to cut all the die pieces necessary for my front door.  I used the Open House Base, Open House Door Side Panel, Open House Topiary, and the Always Welcome Club die from October 2000.  

As you can see, the door was done in black card stock, all the panels and window trim was done in a medium grey cardstock.  The inside of the windows were cut from a very pale yellow and cut again from Vellum to give them a frosted look.  The mail slot and door knob were cut from brushed silver card stock.  The panels on the door were raised using foam squares.  The rest of the pieces were assembled and attached using craft glue.  

All the greenery was cut first from a dark green cardstock and then a lighter green was cut and placed atop the dark green.  This gave the wreath and topiary some depth.  The pots were cut from terra cotta colored card stock.  The welcome mat and the bows were all cut from red cardstock.  Bows were placed on the wreath, and one on each topiary.  The tiny flowers were cut from white cardstock and the pale yellow was used for the centers.  

All the pieces were assembled and placed on the stenciled piece as shown in the photo.  I then mounted that piece onto a black card base which left a slight black margin around the outside.  I think it created a stricking card.  What do you think?

I love playing with and mixing dies to create my own fun images.  These sets are no exception!  This is so fun to create and I am sure you will have fun creating with them too.  So be sure to check out this new collection.  There are even more add ons available for Halloween and Fall!

Thanks for stopping by and never stop crafting!

Jeanne

Spellbinder Be Merry Collection Launch

 Spellbinders is launching it's newest collection entitled Be Merry Collection.  Today I will be featuring the Friendly Snowman Stamp Set.

To create this card, I started with a white, A2 base card.  Then I selected this colorful stripe background paper from the Holly Jolly Prints  paper pack.  The image was then stamped onto some X-press it Cardstock (used for copic coloring) . The smallest snowman was stamped  first and then masked off to stamp the other two.  I wanted it to look like a happy family.  The sentiment was stamped with clear pigment ink using the Home For Christmas stamp   set and embossed with black embossing powder.

I colored the snowmen using my Copic Markers.  and then cut them out using the Candlewick Rectangles Die.  I also used a strip of green cardstock which matched one of the stripes in the background paper and added it to the left side of the card.  On top of that I placed a strip of the pink glitter washi tape from the Girls Life Washi Tape collection.  

Foam squares were added to the back of the rectantle to pop it up and placed inn  the center of the card and I added some sparkle drops for embellishments.  Here is a close-up of the snowmen:

I hope you like this card and will check out this new collection for your  Christmas and Winter cardmaking.  A lot of the products I used for this card are currently on sale!  

Thanks for stopping by and Keep on Crafting!

Jeanne